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presbytery/parochial/curate's house — Carracastle

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presbytery/parochial/curate's house — Carracastle
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Detached three-bay two-storey parochial house, extant 1914, on a T-shaped plan centred on single-bay single-storey flat-roofed projecting porch to ground floor with single-bay two-storey gabled end bays including single-bay (two-bay deep) two-storey gabled projecting end bay. Pitched slate roofs on a T-shaped plan, quatrefoil-perforated crested terracotta ridge tiles with terracotta finials to apexes, paired rendered central chimney stacks having ogee-detailed cornices below stepped capping supporting terracotta pots, timber bargeboards to gables on ogee-detailed timber purlins, and cast-iron rainwater goods on timber eaves boards on slightly overhanging exposed timber rafters retaining cast-iron downpipes. Rendered walls on rendered plinth with rusticated rendered piers to corners. Central door opening into house with timber mullions framing timber panelled door having sidelights on panelled risers. Square-headed window openings (first floor) with drag edged dragged cut-limestone sills on rendered "bas-relief" aprons, and rendered "bas-relief" surrounds framing one-over-one timber sash windows. Square-headed window openings (remainder) with drag edged dragged cut-limestone sills on rendered "bas-relief" aprons, and rendered "bas-relief" surrounds framing one-over-one timber sash windows. Interior including (ground floor): central hall retaining carved timber surrounds to door openings framing timber panelled doors; dining room (north) retaining carved timber surround to door opening framing timber panelled door with timber panelled reveals to window openings; drawing room (south) retaining carved timber surround to door opening framing timber panelled door with timber panelled reveals to window openings; and carved timber surrounds to door openings to remainder framing timber panelled doors. Set in landscaped grounds with wrought iron piers to perimeter having ball finial-topped swan neck pedimented capping supporting wrought iron double gates.

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